Region Europe
United States
Europe
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
GFS · Run 12Z 2 Oct · +24 h · Valid Sat 12Z 3 Oct
Wettest 5.56 in, 65 mi SE of Ponta Delgada, Portugal · Fri 12Z to Sat 12Z
Wettest 3.71 in, 65 mi SE of Ponta Delgada, Portugal · Fri 18Z to Sat 18Z
Wettest 2.71 in, 20 mi NNE of Perpignan, France · Sat 00Z to Sun 00Z
Wettest 2.44 in, 60 mi ESE of Selfoss, Iceland · Sat 06Z to Sun 06Z
Wettest 2.31 in, 35 mi E of Pamplona, Spain · Sat 12Z to Sun 12Z
Wettest 2.26 in, 35 mi E of Pamplona, Spain · Sat 18Z to Sun 18Z
Wettest 2.73 in, 55 mi WNW of Leikanger, Norway · Sun 00Z to Mon 00Z
Wettest 3.09 in, 25 mi ENE of Haugesund, Norway · Sun 06Z to Mon 06Z
Wettest 4.35 in, 30 mi NE of Stavanger, Norway · Sun 12Z to Mon 12Z
Wettest 5.53 in, 30 mi NE of Stavanger, Norway · Sun 18Z to Mon 18Z
Wettest 4.46 in, 30 mi NE of Stavanger, Norway · Mon 00Z to Tue 00Z
Wettest 3.24 in near Mo i Rana, Norway · Mon 06Z to Tue 06Z
Wettest 3.49 in, 30 mi N of Mo i Rana, Norway · Mon 12Z to Tue 12Z
Wettest 2.48 in, 30 mi N of Mo i Rana, Norway · Mon 18Z to Tue 18Z
Wettest 2.36 in, 20 mi ESE of Tromsø, Norway · Tue 00Z to Wed 00Z
Wettest 2.54 in, 20 mi ESE of Tromsø, Norway · Tue 06Z to Wed 06Z
Wettest 2.45 in, 20 mi ESE of Tromsø, Norway · Tue 12Z to Wed 12Z
One GFS run, issued 12Z 2 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from 24 to 120 hours out. This run forecasts out to 240 hours; we are missing its frames past 120.
Methodology
Each frame is the precipitation this run puts down in the 24 hours to it — its total at that hour less its total 24 hours before — so the film starts at +24 h, the first frame with a whole day behind it. Liquid-equivalent: snow counts as the water it melts to.
The colours are Tropical Tidbits' scale, so a reader who knows theirs can read this one. Three of its steps are re-shaded: at 0.5 in, at 2 in — where, on theirs, a reader with protanopia sees the 1.75–2 in band and the 2–2.5 in band as one colour — and among the yellows above 12 in. Same hues; the lightness is re-spaced so every step is visible in every common form of colour-blindness.
Six-hourly to 120 hours. GFS forecasts out to 384 hours; this film stops at 240. The frames past the one shown load on demand. Uncorrected model output.
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Sources and licences
- NOAA: GFS, from NOAA's NOMADS server. US government data, not subject to copyright (NOAA/NWS terms of use).
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